Some pics from today

We had a picnic with my friend Wendy yesterday. Of course I had to get pictures of her and baby Caden. He is so much bigger and a lot more interactive than the last time I saw him. He seemed to enjoy hearing the shutter on my camera; it always made him smile.. and so did tickling his toes! :-) He's such a cutie! When Matt, Aiden, and I finally made it home, we went outside to play before bedtime, and I had some camera fun!

This is my favorite shot of the day. Her face is shadowed a bit, I had issues lightening it, but I love the color in the picture. (As always, click on the thumbnail to see a larger image.)


Here is the same picture except in b&w. It really helped to brighten her face, but I couldn't get this same effect in the color version without blowing out too much of the color. This is Robin Purcell's B&W conversion.


Here are more from our picnic:


And now for pictures of flowers! Our clematis blooms are dropping their petals, but I had one lone flower on the vine that still had lots of color.


Here are my lone iris blooms. For the past two years, I've always seemed to miss when my irises bloom. They really need more sunlight, but I can't do much about that. Matt is the one who gets rid of my shade for me using his trusty chainsaw!